3/28/1861; ad for the summer schedule of
classes at the Medical College - McCaw and Gibson are listed as professors;
students will have access to patients at Bellevue Hospital and Alms House
free of charge

4/15/1861; excellent description of the
reaction in Richmond to the news of the fall of Ft. Sumter - description of
parade to Tredegar Iron Works and Capitol Square - notes disappointed
reaction to Letcher's remarks, and the raising and subsequent lowering of
the Confederate flag on the Capitol roof; Judge Robertson makes a speech

5/3/1861; prospective VMI cadets can apply to
the acting superintendent in Richmond - notes that the academic schedule has
been suspended, and cadets thus admitted will be trained free of charge
until the corps returns to Lexington